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(AP) UNITED NATIONS – After two decades as a diplomatic troubleshooter in hotspots from Afghanistan to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi firmly believes that every conflict can be solved. That conviction will be put to the test in his new job as the joint United Nations-Arab League special envoy charged with trying to succeed where his former boss Kofi Annan failed — bringing an end to the 18-month conflict in Syria. “I think his biggest challenge is convincing the international community to intervene and end this — whatever it takes, because non-intervention has a much higher cost than intervention,” Nadim Shehadi, a Middle East expert at London’s Chatham House think tank, said in a telephone interview Friday. “Leaving this to go on is going to create more sectarianism, more extremism and more spillover to the region, and the Assad regime is capable of anything to stay in power.” Brahimi brings a unique background and 거제출장만남 a wealth of experience to a task that many leaders and pundits have written off as impossible. Ex-Algerian FM Brahimi to replace Annan in SyriaGovernment, rebels battle near Aleppo airport: Syrian mediaAir France asks passengers for gas money in...

(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – Nearly two dozen Afghan civilians were wounded on Wednesday when two grenades exploded inside a mosque compound and a bicycle bomb blew up in a city market, officials said. The violence came a day after bomb blasts around Afghanistan killed at least 50 people in the deadliest day for 의정부콜걸 civilians this year, as Taliban insurgents and other militants ramp up violence across the country. More in Afghanistan: The way forward Bombings mark Afghans’ deadliest day for...

(CBS News) LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that “some people want to use militants from al Qaeda… to accomplish their goals in Syria.” In a loosely veiled dig at the U.S. support for Syria’s opposition, Putin argued, “in that case, one should unlock Guantanamo, arm all of its inmates and bring them to Syria to do the fighting.” Putin was playing directly to his home crowd in the interview aired Thursday on Russian television. More in After the Arab Spring Old-school Russians love it when their president talks tough – especially to their old Cold War enemy. To them, Putin’s “some people” was a clear reference to Washington, and his reference to Guantanamo and – by extension – the costly invasion of Iraq, was a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Russia’s President didn’t say it in so many words, but he implied that America, the West, and their allies in the Middle East are backing violent Islamic extremists in Syria to bring down Bashar Assad in a policy blunder that’s bound to fail. There is a grain of truth here. Some al Qaeda fighters, or at least some militants claiming to be al Qaeda, have joined the armed Syrian rebel groups on the ground, and at least some of those men would be eager to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Syria after Assad. Is al Qaeda fighting...

(CBS/AP) MALIBU, Calif. – Katherine Schwarzenegger, the eldest daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, says she fled to London after her parents separated, in part to escape a storm of unwanted attention. The 21-year-old told Harper’s Bazaar magazine she wanted to “go away and realize that it’s not as big a deal in other places.” Pictures: Maria ShriverPictures: Arnold SchwarzeneggerPictures: Cheating hearts Shriver and the former California governor are in the midst of a divorce, 포천출장만남 after Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed in May he fathered an out-of-wedlock child with a former housekeeper. Katherine did not mention her now-teenaged half-brother in the interview, while discussing what she calls “definitely a difficult time.” She said she tries “not to care about what other people … think,” but that she’s been consoled by Twitter messages from supporters. “I really do believe everything happens for a reason,” she added. “A lot of the time, it’s hard to understand in the moment why things are happening, but I really do think that. I also like to think God doesn’t really give you anything you can’t handle.” Katherine told the magazine, “I’ve always been way closer to my mom.” “Even when I was little, I was glued to her all the time. I’m close to my dad, but they’re totally different kinds of relationships,” she added. “I talk to my mom about six times a...